Paper-box handle.



' c. J. FREESE.

PAPER BOX HA NDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1917- 1,268,706., Patented June 4, 1918.

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To allwkom e't ma concern:

Be it known t at I CARL J.'Fnnnsu, a and a resident of Elyria, in the county of'Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Box Handle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a handle for paper boxes and has'reference more particularly to a detachable handle.

. An. object of the invention-is to provide a simple, strong and inexpensive handle for which the box has suitable slits so as to per mit a-quick attaching of the handle.

A further object of the invention is to pro-v vide such slits in the box for the handle thfit will lock the handle therein automati ca y. a

With the above and other objects in view,"

the nature of which will more fully appear as'the description proceeds, the invention consists 1n the novel constructlon, combination and arrangement of parts .as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the apiplication, similar characters showm fitted mto the cut-out head.

of reference in icate corresponding parts in allfthe views. f e

i re '1 is' a' re entar erspective view i f the back sectid n of the bdi: which is adapted to receive the handle; F 1g. 2 is a perspective view of the handle; Fig. 3.is a fragmentary perspective'view the manner in which the handleis provided for the handle in the section which is adapted-to carryit; p

Fig. 4- isfa s' 'lar view showing the handle in position; 7 a

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the two box sections spaced, one with the handle and the other with the cut-out a ough which the handle protrudes when th% box is closgdgandt If i 6 is a na perspec ive new of th e assembledx.

Beferrin to the drawings, 7 is the body section of t e box and 8 is the cover section for same. A ton e 9 is formed in the side of the body portlon 7, the free end of the tongue 9 being enlarged at the sidespf the ton e to form a head 16 which fits snugly or tlghtl into the slits 11 which border the eferabl but not necessarily, the ends of the hea 10 are rounded. At the sides of the tongue, beyond the head, therernn nox Specification of Letters Eatent.

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Patented dune d, 1916.

, Application met at. 12, 1917. Serial No. 174,225.

slits are enlarged to form slots 12 for accommodating therein a flexible tape 13 which asto reinforce the cardboard washer. The I ends of the flexible member are passed through he apertures in the washers before they are secured. In consequence, a portion of each hasher will be in en agement with the tongue 9 when the ban e is engaged with the body.

To bring the handle into engagement, the tongue 9 is forced out of the slits (see Fig. 3), allowing the flexible member to slide .past the head of the tongue to enter the slots 12. By pulling on the handle from the other side (see Fig. 4), the head is drawn or forced into the slit, that is, home, thereby locking the handle to the body section 7.

The cover section 8'has a cut-out 16 adapted to register with the flexible member 13 when the coversection is engaging the body section. The width of'the cut-out is greater than the width of the flexible member 13 so that the flexible member can be easily pulled through the cut-out 16. The cut-out 16 has transverse notches 17 at the ends thereof which permit the telescoping of the cover.

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By providing the flexible member of the handle with washers and the tongue in the body section with lateral projections at the free end thereof, an interlocking arrangement is rovided in thebox for the handle. As will e noted from, Figs. 3 and 4:, the tendenc of the washers is to draw the tongue omewhen a pull is exerted .on the handle, in view of the fact that each washer is in engagement with the tongue and with the body section. The notches 17 in the cutout 16 permit the telescopiriilg of the two sections and, therefore, w accommodate packing in the boxes over their normal capacities, thereby dispensing with the necessity of employing at variety of boxes of va sizes.

I' claim:

- 1, In a paper box,a body section, a tongue -in one of the sldes of the mdy section havm an enlarged portion at the head thereo into the side in which adapted vto fit tightlg said side of body porthe tongue is forme 'tion having slots at the sides of the tonguei and a flexible handle adapted to be fitte into the slots when the ten e is forced out of engagement with the ends, said handle havin means adapted to engage the tongue and side of body section and whereb when pull is exerted on the flexible mem er the tongue is drawn into engagement with the side substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

v 2. In a paper box, a body section, atongue in one of the sides of the body section having a head at the free end thereof adapted to fit tightly into the side in which it is formed, said side of body portion having slots at the sides of the tongue beyond the head which are adapted to accommodate a handle, a flexible member adapted to be fitted into said slots when said tongue is forced out from its engagement with the side of the body section, and washers associated with the ends of said flexible member and adapted to engage the side and the tongue whereby when a pull is exerted on said flexible member the tongue is forced I into engagement with the side, thereby lockmg said flexible member in the slots and preventing lateral movement of the flexible member in the slots.

3.- In a paper box, a body section, a tongue inone of the sides of the body section, lateral projections at the free end of the tongue,

' thereby locking t necepoe said side of body section having slots extend 1 mg from the base of the tongue to the lat:-

formed having slots extending'from the base of the tongue to the lateral projections, the free-end of tongue, with the lateral projec with the slots, and was erswith the ends of said flexible tions, fitting tightly into the side-in which the tongue 1s formed, a tape adapted to en-' gage the slots of the sideofthe body'sectlon when the tongue is disengaged from the side, washers associated with the ends of the tape, the ends of the tape projecting through theapertures of the washers, and means securing the extremities of the tape to the:

washers so that the unsecured partsof the washers face each other, whereby when the flexible member is in en a ement with the slots and a pull is exerte' t ereu-ponthe -unsecured parts of the washers are adapted to engage the side and tongue and force thefree end of the tongue with the lateral projections into en agement with the side,

e tape in-the slots, substantially as and forgtbe purpose set forth.

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